Rice or Penn ?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Rice and Penn are my top two choices so far.. I have visited Rice and will be visiting Penn in a week. For someone going pre-medical, which one would you recommend? I have talked to many people who went to Rice and they said that the professors are glad to help you and it is easy to get tutoring and the professors there want you to succeed. Is it like that at Penn ? I'm assuming that Rice and Penn do equally well in getting their students into medical school. </p>

<p>Another thing is that I am a legacy for Penn-- and I have heard that applying ED instead of RD makes a huge difference for legacies. Is that true ? Thanks !</p>

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<p>I have also heard that legacies at Penn should apply ED. Both good schools. Go where you like. Pre med a secondary consideration.</p>

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<p>I interviewed a neurologist who attended Rice... seems great for
pre-med.</p>

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<p>i would do Penn ed. I got into Rice Interium, but deferred at Penn ed...ultimately waitlisted...then rejected from the waitlist.</p>

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<p>have you looked at johns hopkins for pre-med? If you are in Philly visiting Penn its only a little over an hour to hopkins.</p>

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<p>Yes, I visited Johns Hopkins last summer, but did not interview. I am still considering JHU but am worried about the weeding out classes and that (supposedly) many of the students there sabotage each other's labs, etc. And I didn't like Baltimore much either.</p>

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<p>My D is at Rice (rising junior) and S is seriously considering Penn. The two schools are very different. See what you think of Penn after you visit. Both are wonderful schools and would be good choices for you.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>Penn's website says that applying ED will "maximize" the benefit of being legacy. There is still some weight given to legacies in the RD round. Just a factor to consider, though - you should only go this route if Penn is really your first choice.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faq.html#g2%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faq.html#g2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>If you want to go for Rice's scholarships (if any), then you might want to apply ED to Penn. But otherwise, and if you like the two equally, then go with Penn ED.</p>

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<p>Is either school better at placing their students into medical school?</p>

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<p>Penn's is 86% for graduating seniors, and 75% for all applicants. I know that Penn supports all its applicants for graudate programs (even those who have slim chances of getting in) wheras other schools sometimes declines to do so in order to raise their sucess rates. Not sure about Rice.</p>